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Robert Himes
President and CEO
A Catered Event; Himes Vending
4654 Groves Road
Columbus, OH 43232
614.868.6931
BOBH@HIMESVENDING.COM

 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
 
Chairman of the Board
Mark Swanson
Stauf’s Coffee Roasters/Cup o Joe
705 Hadley Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43228
PH: 614-487-6050, FAX:  614-358-8986
mark@cupojoe.com
 
President
Robert Himes
A Catered Event; Himes Vending
4654 Groves Road
Columbus, OH 43232
PH: 614- 868-6931, FAX:  614-868-0028
BOBH@HIMESVENDING.com
www.acateredevent.biz 
 
 
Vice President
Scott Heimlich
Barcelona
263 E Whittier St
Columbus OH 4320
PH:  614-443-3699; FAX:  614-444-0539
slheimlich@aol.com
  
Treasurer
Nick Ailabouni
4120 Kenny Road
Columbus OH 43220-4027
PH:  614-571-2271
nicna29@hotmail.com 
 
Member-At-Large
Randy Sokol (2012)
Sokol & Associates
327 S. Chesterfield
Columbus, OH 43209
PH: 614-204-4904; FAX:  614-231-5510
r.sokol@hotmail.com
 
Purveyor Representative
Bruce Lackey
Merry Milk Maid
2680 Lewis Centre Way
Urbancrest, OH 43123-1770
PH:  614-875-9300, FAX:  614-875-9530
eggman1@happychickenfarms.com
 
 
TRUSTEES
 
Pat Alcorn (2011)
Sterling Payment Technologies
6405 Shelton Court, 
Dublin, OH 43017
Ph:  614-648-0284 
pat.alcorn@att.net
 
Mark Buccilla (2012)
GFS
7686 Fishel Dr. N Ste. A
Dublin OH 43016
PH:  614-766-7200, FAX: 614-766-7230
mark.buccilla@gfs.com
 
Larry Clark
Made From Scratch
7500 Montgomery Drive
Plain City, OH 43064
PH:614-873-3344 FAX: 614-873-1965
LClark@Made-from-scratch.com
 
Dan DeNoble (2013)
The Wasserstrom Company
6000 Holywell Drive
Dublin OH 43017
PH:  614-737-8485, FAX: 614-737-3167
dandenoble@wasserstrom.com
 
Jim Ellison
CMH Gourmand
117 East Beechwold Blvd
Columbus, OH  43214
614-804-9566
FeedSocialMedia@gmail.com
 
Bill Glover (2012)
Sage American Bistro
2653 N. High St.
Columbus  OH  43202
PH : 614-406-5777
chefbillglover@gmail.com
 
Raj Hora (2011)
Tutto Vino
7178 Muirfield Drive
Dublin OH 43017
PH:  614-799-9222; FAX:  614-799-0901
raj@tutto-vino.com
 
Judy Ketner-Dollison (2012)
Breads of the World, LLC
2400 Harrison Road, Suite A
Columbus OH 4304
PH:  614-439-2861
judy.dollison@breadsoftheworld.com
 
Robert Kramer
ECDI
1655 Old Leonard Avenue
Columbus, OH  43219
614-559-0115
bkramer@esdi.org
 
Robert E. Lee, III (2013)
Touchstone Hospitality
897 E. 11th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211
PH: 614-214-7866
robert@touchtone-hospitality.com .com
   
Elizabeth Lessner
Betty's Family of Restaurants
680 N. High Street
Columbus, OH  43215
PH: 614-291-8073
Elizabeth@Bettyscolumbus.com
 
Paul Liu (2013)
Haiku
800 North High Street
Columbus OH 43215-2052
PH:  614-437-8168, FAX:  614-294-3868
paulliu8168@gmail.com
 
Nick Manus (2012)
Phillip's Original Coney Island
450 W Broad St
Columbus OH 43215
PH:  614-221-8288; FAX:  614221-9972
nickmanus@msn.com
 
Michael Mejia (2012)
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants
Martini's Modern Italian
445 N. High Street
Columbus OH 43215
PH:   614-224-8259; FAX: 614-224-8780
mmejia11@msn.com
 
James S. Merchant, Jr. (2011)
Bob Evans Farms Restaurants
3776 South High Street
P. O. Box 07863
Columbus OH 43207
PH:  614-491-2225, Ext. 4961
Jim_Merchant@bobevans.com
 
C.J. Morris (2013)
Sysco
2400 Harrison Road
Columbus, OH  43204
614-930-4228
Morris.Calvin@centralohio.sysco.com
 
Russ Morton (2011)
Pepsi Columbus
1241 Gibbard Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43219
PH:  614- 255-6687, FAX:  614-253-6602
russ.morton@gjpepsi.com
 
Elspeth Paige-Sack
Johncol, Inc. (Papa John’s franchisee)
1288 Bethel Road Columbus OH 43220
PH:  614-451-9600 ext 2007
FAX:  614-457-6665
elle@rrohio.com
 
Jeff Rains
Breads of the World
2400 Harrison Road, Suite A
Columbus, OH  43204
PH: 1-866-799-4844 Ext. 317
Jeff.Rains@breadsoftheworld.com
 
Jim Sauter (2013)
The Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern
515 Park Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Office 614-621-1105; Cell (614) 506-7419
jimsauter@cameronmitchell.com
 
Linda Sebok (2011)
White Castle System, Inc.
555 W. Goodale Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
PH:  614-559-2426
sebokl@whitecastle.com 
 
Joe Spinelli (2011)
Spinelli’s Deli
767 Neil Avenue
Columbus OH 43215
PH:  614-563-1557; FAX:  614-280-1046
joe@spinellisdeli.com
 
Rusty Tuggle (2013)
Instantwhip-Columbus Inc.
3855 Marlane Dr.
Grove City OH 43123
PH:  614-871-9447; FAX:  (614) 871-8759
rusty.tuggle@instantwhipcols.com
 
Joseph Vittorio   (2013)
Ricardo’s Columbus Catering
4632 Scenic Drive
Columbus OH 43214
PH/FAX:  614-447-9500
joeyv9500@gmail.com
 
 
 
EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
 
Columbus Culinary Institute
At Bradford School
Dan Reese
Director of Operations
Bradford School
2469 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio 43219
PH:  614-944-4234; FAX:  614-416-6210
dreese@bradfordschoolcolumbus.edu
 
The Ohio State University
Wayne Johnson, PhD
Hospitality Management
115A Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue
Columbus OH 43210
PH:  614-292-5506; FAX:  614-292-8880
WJohnson@ehe.osu.edu
 
Columbus Chapter American Culinary Federation Representative
Barry Young, CFC,CCE
President of ACF Columbus Chapter
7342 Schoolcraft Lane
Columbus,OH  43235
PH:  614-551-5236; Fax:  614-478-9110
Bysheba63@gmail.com
 
 
LIFETIME MEMBERS
 
Keni Garver
Katering by Keni
114 S. Harding Road
Columbus OH 43209
PH 614-338-1353
 
 
Frank Simonetti
FCS Catering
5051 Chuckleberry Lane
Westerville, OH 43081
PH:  614-329-7427
frankdiner@aol.com     
 
 
 
 
 
Central Ohio Restaurant Association
Board of Trustees Directory
July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012
 
 
~ Celebrating 55 Years in 2011 ~
Contacts
Central Ohio Restaurant Association
Miranova Corporate Tower.Two Miranova Place, Suite 500. Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-233-4795
CORA@centralohiorestaurants.org
CORA
Miranova Corporate Tower
2 Miranova Place, Suite 500
Columbus, OH  43215
614-233-4795
CORA@centralohiorestaurants.org